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    Giovanna d’Arco nacque in questo giorno nel 1412

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    1. cheungyd on

      Only 19, yet her legacy still echoes across Europe. Truly timeless courage.

    2. GrumpyFinn on

      Nonsense. Joan Of Arc was formed in Chicago in 1995.
      (/s because this is a very obscure joke)

    6. Avia_Vik on

      As someone who only heard this name in French before (Jeanne d’Arc) its so strange to use Joan of Arc… Please dont translate names, theyre proper names, not random vocab words. You cannot translate names, just use the original versions, its not that hard

      ive noticed in France we do this mistake a lot too, when it comes to foreign figures we adapt the name to sound natural in French which is nonsense, names cannot and should not be translated

    8. Scoutmonkey on

      Fun (highly plausible) fact: she likely had a form of epilepsy that made her prone to visual disturbances and religious fanaticism.

    9. pickus_dickus on

      Happy birthday to her. We could really use a Jeanne d’Arc in today’s world.

    10. Mysterious_Tea on

      One of the best heroines of history, if not literally the best.

    11. CGesange on

      One response here dredges up the debunked claim that Joan of Arc had epilepsy, which has been rejected by many modern doctors such as Dr. John Hughes, Dr. Philip Mackowiak, Dr. James Phillips, Dr. Brian Fallon, Dr. Salman Majeed, Dr. Keith Meador, Dr. Joseph Merlino, Dr. Hunter Neely, Dr. Jenifer Nields, Dr. David Saunders, Dr. Michael Norko, etc. There are several reasons for debunking this: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (the most commonly suggested form in her case) only produces simple visual distortions such as seeing everything tilted to one side rather than her descriptions of seeing and touching human figures. All forms of epilepsy produce outwardly-noticeable side effects that would have been alarming to the people around her (such as seizures of various types) but none of the numerous eyewitness accounts describe anything similar.

      Another response claims she was a “false prophet”, but many of the commanders and other eyewitnesses cited cases in which she predicted the future accurately and often immediately, much as Harriet Tubman’s comrades said the reason they succeeded against heavy odds while rescuing slaves during the American Civil War was because Tubman could predict what the enemy was going to do.

      One comment claims both the day and year of her birth are unknown (by linking to a Wikipedia article of all things); but the day comes to us from a letter written by a member of the Royal government, Perceval de Boulainvilliers. The year (1412) is an estimate, but that doesn’t mean that the day is also uncertain.

    12. Acrobatic-Row2970 on

      Ironicaly, one of the great strategic defeat of France in History.

    13. Cool_Style_3072 on

      Greatest story in history, even if you take Jesus as gospel her story is in the same discussion.

    14. BaddonAOE on

      I am always amazed by how France manages to put itself in the worst possible situation,
      and then produce a savior who alone carries the country to victory and beyond.

      It feels like a recurring cycle.

    17. Euklidis on

      Hey you! Person born the same day as Joan of Arc.

      Happy birthday! You are cool too!

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